RFC 4897: Handling Normative References to Standards-Track Documents

The Internet Engineering Task Force (IETF) and Request for Comments (RFC) Editor have a long-standing rule that a document at a given maturity level cannot be…

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Outgoing relationships (2 related RFCs)

Updates, Normative reference — RFC 3967: Clarifying when Standards Track Documents may Refer Normatively to Documents at a Lower Level
Normative reference — RFC 2026: The Internet Standards Process -- Revision 3

Incoming relationships (1 related RFC)

Informatively referenced by — RFC 8729: The RFC Series and RFC Editor